The Sikora Family TREECreated
March 28th 2012
Zenon Wladyslaw Sikora
Born Dec. 23 1935 in
Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada
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Sikora (Polish pronunciation:
[ɕiˈkɔra]) is a surname of
Polish language origin.
It is related to the Czech and Slovak surname
Sıkora.
All are derived from a Slavic word for birds of the
Paridae (tit) family, which was used as a nickname for a
small, agile person.[1]
SIKORA Name History:Recorded in several
forms including Sikora, Sikorski and Sikorsky (Polish, Russian
and Askenasic) and Sykora (Czech) this is a famous medieval
surname.
It derives from the word "sikora" meaning a titmouse, and hence
was usually a nickname of endearment for a small, dark, person.
However the suffix endings of "-ski" and "-sky" are cognate with
the German von or the French de, and imply the status of minor
nobility or at least estate ownership.
We are not aware of any place called "Sikora", but this is
possible as a coat of arms was granted in the 18th century to a
family called Sikorski in the former German state of Pomerania.
The blazon is canting, being that of three small
black birds on a silver field. The surname is well recorded in
the worlds biographical directories. Examples from these include
Wladyslaw Sikorski (1881 - 1943), who defended Warsaw against
the Russians in 1920. Later in the Second World War (1939 -
1945), he lead the Free Polish forces based in London, but was
killed in an aircrash at Gibraltar in 1943. Another famous name
holder, but this time Russian born, was Igor Sikorsky (1889 -
1972). He was a renowned early aircraft designer, but left
Russia after the communist lead revolution of 1917. He went to
the USA, where he designed and built the first successful
helicopter in 1939.
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Recorded in several forms
including Sikora, Sikorski and Sikorsky (Polish, Russian and
Askenasic) and Sykora (Czech) this is a famous medieval surname.
It derives from the word "sikora"
meaning a titmouse, and hence was usually a nickname of
endearment for a small, dark, person.
However the suffix endings of
"-ski" and "-sky" are cognate with the German von or the French
de, and imply the status of minor nobility or at least estate
ownership.
We are not aware of any place
called "Sikora", but this is possible as a coat of arms was
granted in the 18th century to a family called Sikorski in the
former German state of Pomerania.
The blazon is canting, being
that of three small black birds on a silver field. The surname
is well recorded in the worlds biographical directories.
Examples from these include Wladyslaw Sikorski (1881 - 1943),
who defended Warsaw against the Russians in 1920.
Later in the Second World War
(1939 - 1945), he lead the Free Polish forces based in London,
but was killed in an aircrash at Gibraltar in 1943.
Another famous name holder,
but this time Russian born, was Igor Sikorsky (1889 - 1972).
He was a renowned early
aircraft designer, but left Russia after the communist lead
revolution of 1917. He went to the USA, where he designed and
built the first successful helicopter in 1939.
© Copyright: Name Origin Research 1980 - 2017
